Wall Street ends sharply higher

SusanLerner

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- The major U.S. indexes closed sharply higher Tuesday as investors snapped up stocks in the final hour of trading, emboldened by an improved outlook from Caterpillar and some relative stability in crude oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA, -1.24%
rose 88.86 points, or 0.9 percent, to an unofficial close of 10,077.40 while the Nasdaq Composite Index
$compq
climbed 9.99 points, or 0.5 percent, to 1,869.87 and the S&P 500
SPX, -1.54%
lifted 6.56 points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,110.08.

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